19V741000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2009 LEXUS ES350
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 154 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints154
Complaints citing a crash20
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
18V024000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
17V006000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
16V340000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 99AIR BAGS
- 20VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 4STRUCTURE:BODY
- 4VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 3SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 2EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 LEXUS ES350s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.